Being an actor and working in this wonderful crazy, man eating business, Eric Stoltz is established. But being himself, he is crossing the line between the Moloch Hollywood and the independent movie scene, which he seems to like more. He is known as regular guest at the Sundance Festival (e.g. ‘The Waterdance’ Sundance Festival Winner 1992).

Once he stated in an interview that the reasons for choosing his projects vary. Sometimes he gets caught by the script, sometimes he likes the director and sometimes he just does it without even knowing what will come out of it. As much as the reasons differ, the projects do the same. He is an actor (theatre and movie), lends his voice to animated heroes (Theseus in ‘Hercules’) and has begun a second career behind the camera.

Dropping out of his Junior year at college (USC), he managed to get some minor parts in TV productions and became a repertory company player at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Returning to LA, he got a role in ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ (1982), which turned out to be his first notable appearance. Only 3 years later in 1985 he got the part of Roy L. 'Rocky' Dennis in ‘Mask’, for which he was honored with a Golden Globe nomination.

In 1988 he won his first spurs as a crew member, being a production assistant in ‘Illegally Yours’. Taking the next step, he became a producer (‘Bodies, Rest & Motion’ in 1993), an executive producer (‘Mr. Jealousy’ in 1997) and finally a director (‘Once And Again’ in 1999 and ‘My Horrible Year’ in 2001).

And some kind of in between he spends time on non profit social or political projects like the theater-based Lysistrata Project (March 2003).

Working hard and being active, travelling forth and back between LA, New York and his home in New Mexico, he once stated that he considered himself lazy.